As I told you yesterday we had a really nice Christmas weekend. For those of you that have been here a while you know that life here is not perfect. We've experienced rebellion and our son leaving home on not-so-good terms at 18. I don't want to share the details of this publicly because it is als
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Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens Here is an excellent resource for parenting teens. You can get it for under $3 (plus shipping) at Amazon. Shepherding a Child's Heart This one is great if you are trying to win the heart of a younger child.
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This weekend our girls attended the Rebelution Conference put on by Alex and Brett Harris, the authors of Do Hard Things. The Rebelution is all about encouraging teens to rebel against low expectations. I believe that our culture has lowered the standard so much that we actually e
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When I refer to a "child" in this post I am referring to older teens or adult children. There are many parents that have raised their in kids in Godly homes, parents that have walked the talk (imperfectly), not just talk the talk, and yet some still have "issues"
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Our family's choice:
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
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